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This episode reports on a customer roundtable that brought together companies, partners and industry analysts to discuss the pressures facing supply chains. Delayed port shipments, a shortage of transport labour, stretched production lines and warehouses waiting for materials and vehicles were named as typical problems.
The sessions included a case study of a confectionery producer that built a system to allocate stock and promise availability for seasonal products, aiming to leave as little inventory as possible once the season ends. There were also an analyst view of planning trends, a panel on pandemic disruption and a talk on predictive, responsive supply chains. A key takeaway was that organisations that digitise earlier cope better with crises.